Huttenburg Altengronau

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Huttenburg Altengronau
Southern corner of Huttenburg, seen from Ulrich-von-Hutten-Strasse (June 2011)

Southern corner of Huttenburg, seen from Ulrich-von-Hutten-Strasse (June 2011)

Alternative name (s): Alexanderburg, Gronau Castle, Castle of the Lords of Hutten, Huttenschloss
Creation time : 1548 to 1552
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Preserved or essential parts preserved (residential buildings)
Standing position : Noble
Place: Altengronau
Geographical location 50 ° 15 '8 "  N , 9 ° 37' 12"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '8 "  N , 9 ° 37' 12"  E
Height: 235  m above sea level NN
Huttenburg Altengronau (Hesse)
Huttenburg Altengronau

The Huttenburg Altengronau is a low castle at about 235 above sea level. NN in the Altengronau district of the Sinntal community in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

history

The Huttenburg Altengronau was built as a Renaissance castle by Alexander von Hutten between 1548 and 1552 . For the construction, material from the destroyed second Hutti defense system at Altengronau was probably used, for the existence of which there are no reliable archaeological findings, but whose location is assumed to be in the Oberdorf ( "old cellar" ). Finally, an Adam von Hutten lived in the castle; With his death on September 4, 1627 , the line founded by Alexander von Hutten zu Gronau in the male line expired. In 1648 , the possessions of the Lords von Hutten zu Gronau , which had been destroyed in the Thirty Years' War , were sold by Philipp Daniel von Hutten zu Sannerz to Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg , Countess of Hesse-Kassel . From this point on, the Huttenburg served as a fruit store for collecting and storing tithes . The castle ruins were rebuilt in 1752 and given a contemporary mansard roof. During the construction of the Flieden – Gemünden railway in the second half of the 19th century, the castle served as a hospital for railway workers. From 1875 to 1960 it was used as a school house.

investment

The Huttenburg Altengronau is a three-storey stone building with two round corner towers. Today, the defensive wall with the two corner towers that enclosed the square castle area is no longer visible .

Todays use

The castle is now privately owned by Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hutten zum Stolzenberg, who has lived in it since 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg-Wilhelm Hanna: Ministeriality, power and mediatization. The knight nobles von Hutten, their social position in church and state until the end of the Old Kingdom = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 44. Hanau, 2007. ISBN 3-935395-08-6 = Diss. Bamberg 2006, page 381 on the OPUS server , PDF 7,024 kB
  2. ↑ Ledderhose, Konrad Wilhelm: Contributions to the description of the church state of the Hessen-Casselischen Lande , Kassel 1780, page 468

literature

  • Ernst Gall, Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments : The Darmstadt District , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3422031170
  • Roland Dieckmann and Burkhard Kling: The most beautiful palaces, castles and mansions in the Spessart , Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2002, ISBN 3831310769
  • Hans Elm (ed.): Chronicle and commemorative publication on the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of Altengronau 780 to 1980 , Schneider-Druck, Zeitlofs 1980
  • Georg-Wilhelm Hanna : Ministeriality, Power and Mediatization. The knight nobles von Hutten, their social position in church and state until the end of the Old Empire = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 44. Hanau, 2007. ISBN 3-935395-08-6 = Diss. Bamberg 2006 on the OPUS server , PDF 7,024 kB.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 366.

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